Like many mid-round picks, Davis’ path to the field started with special teams. He’s one of five players on the Green & White with more than 200 snaps on special teams this season.
“Isaiah Davis has saved our tail a few times this year with the positional changes that he has had to make in certain emergency situations and things like that,” ST coordinator Brant Boyer said last week.
One of those positional changes was becoming the punt protector when S Ashtyn Davis was out. The rookie learned the spot in three days.
“He just keeps getting better,” P Thomas Morstead said. “I remember watching him catch punts in training camp. He doesn’t look like a punt returner, but I was like, ‘He could punt return for us, too.’ He’s pretty good at everything. He’s a pro already just with his mindset. It’s just like a computer, just takes time to download, right? He’s doing the work, he’s doing the process and he’s getting experience really quickly.
“As the game was going on [last] weekend and he’s getting more opportunity on offense, it’s a little bittersweet because you know he’s going to do well, which is great, and you know that role is going to keep expanding and that you may lose him on certain phases of special teams. But that’s great. That’s what you hope for him.”
Davis’ role could continue to expand down the stretch because Hall’s knee injury caused him to miss Wednesday’s and Thursday’s practices. As Davis has settled into the offense, he’s realized the biggest difference from college to the pros is the attention to detail.
“Coming from the FCS, you get by with a lot of things that you don’t get by with here,” he said. “I see myself as trying to be a perfectionist. I’m not perfect, but that’s how I’m wired.” It’s kind of been hard with the opportunities. That’s why I’m just trying to make the most of it and just take it day by day.”
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